San Diego Chargers general manager Tom Telesco said last month that he plans to infuse more youth on the roster, but he also added that some veterans are needed. If TE Randy McMichael is to stick around, he is likely to be asked to take a cut in pay. McMichael, who turns 34 in June, is due $1.25 million in base salary with a $250,000 roster bonus.

With several injuries along the offensive line for the San Diego Chargers, the tight ends and running backs might be asked to block more in Week 11 against the Chicago Bears. "They're real active," RB Ryan Mathews said Thursday, Nov. 17. "That's going to be a big part (for) us running backs is helping out our linemen a little bit." TE Randy McMichael was used more in the second half in Week 10 to help out along the line, and that might be the case again in Week 11.